About Handa Village

Handa is a mid sized village in Sakaldiha tehsil, in the district of Chandauli, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 571, made up of 302 males and 269 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.92 hectares hectares.

Handa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Handa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Chandauli
Tehsil	Sakaldiha
Area (hectares)	72.92 hectares
Population	571
Male Population	302
Female Population	269
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	891
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Handa compares

By the 2011 count Handa is the 320th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents. Its 72.92 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Handa

Handa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Handa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Handa from other places

Handa lies about 12 km from Chandauli, and the nearest railway station is Kuchman Railway Station, about 3.5 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Handa
Nearest railway station	Kuchman Railway Station	3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sakaldiha	6.2 km
Nearest town	Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar	11 km
District headquarters	Chandauli	12 km

Villages closest to Handa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sakaldiha tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Handa

As per the Census of India 2011, Handa village had a population of 571. That makes it the 320th largest of the 437 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,503 residents.

Handa village has 302 males and 269 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Handa has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 929.

Handa covers 72.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Handa falls under Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Handa is Kuchman Railway Station, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Handa.

Handa is about 12 km from Chandauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Handa is in Sakaldiha tehsil of Chandauli district. Kuchman Railway Station is about 3.5 km away. Sakaldiha is about 6.2 km away. Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.